LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 February 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Hon. W. G. Russell states that after February 1 foreigners entering Japan will require to carry passports or certificates of nationality with their photos.—Press Association. Mr. Massey says, respecting the statements that alien enemies are acquiring land by purchase lately, that the law makes it impossible.—Press Association. Of the five invalided soldiers who were expected to reach New Plymouth on Monday night only two arrived—Private W. G. Browne, who left with the Hth Reinforcements, and Private M. Wooding. Private W. Dalrymple (the cot case expected) waa brought only as far as Palmorston. The train that left Hawera about midday yesterday arrived at the New Plymouth station at 5 p.m., a hundred minutes late, having taken just five hours to do the journey of 48 miles. The delay was due to the fact that the train—a particularly lengthy and heavy one, comprising in ajl some thirty-five trucks and carriages, among them being numerous horse boxes, cattle and sheep trucks—arrived late at Lepperton Junction, where it was held up to await the arrival of the afternoon train from New Plymouth, which would probably have been delayed some twenty-five minutes had the Hawera train been run through. Passengers from the south were irritated at the delay, which will probably be put down to war economy. A Taranaki soldier had an experience worth relating recently. He with others in camp were told that leave for a few days was being granted, and so they dashed into Wellington to catch the train for the north. The railway gates were guarded, but one of the soldiers persuaded a guard to pass him through that he might interview the stationmaster, who was visibly perturbed at the idea of the soldier getting through the gates without a pass. "I will give you in charge!" he exclaimed. "Here policeman," he yelled to a man in blue who happened to be near, "take this man in charge!" The soldier laughed, so did the policeman. The station-mas-ter's dignity was visibly ruffled. "Come here, and show me the man who let you in!" The soldier wen:, along, but resolved not to give away his benefactor. "Is this the rna.ii?" he asked of one. "No," the soldier exclaimed, and then a hot discussion arose between the stationmaster and soldier. "The train is full up and I can't allow anybody else on," the statiomnaster snapped. During the argument the other soldiers at the gate, seizing their opportunity, quietly stole behind the gatekeepers and into the crowd and boarded the train. The stationmaster then took the soldier along to another gate to see if the culprit could be found. The platform was crowded, and the soldier dived among the crowd, eventually reaching the carriage where his mates were. It was a glad reunion! Judge of their surprise on finding one car absolutely empty. There is only one SANDER EXTRACT, and that is why the people reject the many inferior and harmful substitutes and just as goods. SANDER'S EXI TRACT is free from the objectionable qualities of the common eucalyptus. Pander's Extract cures all infectious diseases, all winter ailments, ulcers, burns, sprains, eczema, etc. Insist on the GENUINE SANDER'S EXTRACT. If you get a chill take XAZOL imiw' iately. It will prevent sore throat or tightness.of the dvwA.

The management has decided to close the Sydney Stadium, owing td the dearth of boxers There •is a glut of peaches in the Auckland market, owing to supplies coming to band. Cardiff district has sent over thirty men -away to the front, of whom s>ix have made the supremo sacrifice. Wellington's Zoo continues to be popular attraction. The takings for the month of January ending on Wednesday totalled £174 13s, compared with XI2B 7s 3d for a similar period last year. A boy had a narrow escape from death at Cireymouth recently. He got into quicksand at the river, going down up to his neck. Fortunately his sudden immersion was noticed, and he was pulled out. The lion. T. M. Wilford (Minister injustice and Marine) made a (light ii. one of the Canterbury Aviation Company's aeroplanes on Saturday morning. Asked by a Christchurch Sun reporter afterwards for his impressions of the flight, Mr. Wilford was enthusiastic. "[ know now,'' he said, "what the French mean b.v la joie de vivre (the joy of living). We went up between 2500 and 3000 feet. I would not have eared if it had Lcvti 4000. I have never felt anything like it. It was splendid." Mr. YV'ilford's flight extended right over the city, and down towards the .Sumner estuary. The extent to which the additions in the storage capacity available in the N.Z. Refrigerating 00., Ltd.'s, works, have grown since the outbreak of th«' war in 1914. was shown by a speaker at the shareholders' meeting at Christchurch on Wednesday, to bo equal to the holding of 429,000 fro'4;H mi-cases of 601b each. When the additions now almost completed are actually avail[able company will have a totai sic-r----jage capacity in'the South Island alone of no itss thau tiv equivalent of 970,001.' -fro'cU carcases, whilst taking Imlay into account, the total storage will be practftally equal to the holding of a million and a quarter 601b sheep. A correspondent recently put the following query to the Journal of Agriculture:—"Can you tell me whether the tea-plant has been grown, or is growing, on any Government farm or elsewhere in New Zealand. I am trying seed of two varieties, but germination _seems very slow." The Horticulure Division of the Agricultural 'Department replied: •'Tea-plants (Camellia thea) have been grown in Xew Zealand for many years, but no attempt has so jar been made to grow the plant commercially. It is extremely improbable that the leaves would acquire the requisite aroma in our climate. The shrub itself is fairly hardy and will bear a few degrees of frost." The Wellington Post contains the following additional information regarding the postponement of the date upon which married men shall go into camp: It is officially announced that, owing to the recent reductions) in the Reinforcement drafts, the creation of a substantial surplus of men in camp as a result, and the steady flow of CI men into the Reinforcement drafts from CI camp it has been found necessary Do cut down the number of mp mobilising with the 36th Reinforcements next week. This has 'been done by eliminating all the married men, whether they are of the First or Second Division, from the 30th draft and postponing their calling up until the 38th draft mobilising in the first week of April. Group commanders have been instructed accordingly, and the necessary notices have been sent out. Some 600 married men have thus been eliminated. It is further notified that in cases where such men have completed their arrangements and undue hardship is entailed by the postponement in calling up they will be accepted for the 36th draft.

If your husband is in the habit of reading at meal-time, go to the nearest booksellers arid get a few copies of the latest war books (writcs.a correspondent to the Auckland Star). When getting tea ready place a hook on the table for each sitter. Daddy will sit tfown to tea with his closely printed book (as per usual), and mother and the rest of the family will follow suit. When daddy asks to have the sugar passed to him and gets no response, and, looking up, discovers his wife and family all busy with their 'books. Mother has turned to a funny page of "Fragments from France," Johnny is almost stunned with "Bullets and Billets," while Kitty is just ripping her sides with "Shellshocks." Just under Daddy's arm is httle Dolly (not long started going to school) reading about something like this: "The cat-on-the-mat. Part. 1. The cat-sat-on-the-mat. Did you see-tlie-cat? It was-a-black cat. . . You can imagine the result of all this. Just try it, and see how quickly it will cure poor dad from reading at meals. Speikrcg to the Manawatu patriotic Society recently, Hon. G. W. Russell referred to the founding of soldiers' clubs, uttering a note of caution in regard to their establishment. Mr. Russell said tnat in Auckland and Dunedin it was proposed to raise a large sum of money for the establishment of permanent, clubs for returned soldiers. He knew that lie was treading on rather delicate ground, because in Palmerston there is an exceedingly iine club, but he did not forget that the money for this was not raised in the ordinary way patriotic moneys are. ''What I wish to see carried out as far as possible—and it is no reflection on your club's policy—is that once our soldiers have returned and have been discharged from the convalescent hosPitals. they shall return to their former civilian status, civilian employment, and environment. (Applause). In m y opmion it will be most unfortunate if, in years to come, tMs country is divided into two classes- the men who fought and the men who did not. That means creating class distinction, and should be avoided. The clubs which have been 'erected must he open to all, whether soldiers or not. The sooner the distinction between soldier and civilian is wiped out, aiid the young men who return are absorbed into civilian life from which thev were drawn the better. We are not through the war yet; things look better. We have 14,000 men returned out of 100,000 enlisted, and nearly the whole of whom have gone awav." READ THE EVIDENCE-. An Auckland woman writes: "Mv friends will hardly believe the difference in Mr. B. since taking Drinko powders. Uea.?e send two more packets." A patient, at Trentlmm .savs:—"l have now no desire lor liquor. "Three boxes of iDrmko cured me." DRINKO is a tasle|less and odourless powder which cm 'lie given secretly if desired. Will not harm the most delicate constitution. Treatment is inexpensive. Write for free particulars. Sent iu plain sealed envelope. Address me in confidence, stating if Mr., Mrs. or Miss. Lady Manager," Drinko Proprietary, 21-2 A.C., Lftiubtou Quay, Wellington.

"We never lake men at. the minimum wage. We prefer to pay Is per day extra to men vVlio can earn their money"—ißemark l>v a contractor at the last meeting of tiic I'aranaki Countv Council According to the Waihi Telegraph, a quantity ;jf timber, probably a portion of the cargo jettisoned by the escaped Germans from the scow Moa, in the Bav of l'lenty, is being driven up 011 the Wiiilil Beach by the north-easterly wind. The Main Trunk express from Auckland was crowded out last Tuesday night, and quite a number of passengers who hud bought, tickets at Auckland were not allowed to travel. After the train had left, these would-be passengers interviewed the officer in eharyc, and were cavalierly informed that their money would be returnd on application by letter, or they could travel by the lirst train next day, says the Wan'gaifui Chronicle. "Cattle straying on the roads in the Moa Hiding are becoming a nuisance,'' remarked Cr. Simpson ~ at Monday's meeting of the Taranaki County Council. Strong measures, he added, should be taken to combat it, but he was puzzled as to the best method to adopt, whether to place the matter in the handi of the foremen or the inspector. Councillors remarked that tho foremen did not like to be mixed in it on account of creating trouble in tho districts in which they lived. The inspector was too busy, and could not be everywhere at once. Cr. Laurence said that no one could be everywhere, and he instanced that dozens of breaches of the by-laws ip lights were occurring in the Tariki district. Picture goers are reminded that ionight is the final screening of the line Alice Brady film, "I'll Come Back to You,' 'at the Empire. To-morrow night the attraction at this cosy picture house will he Rex Beach's virile story of the Panama, "The Ne'er 'Do Well." This picture is showing Thursday (second race night) only. What is reported to have been a successful exhibition of water-divining was made on tho Miaitai "Bowling Club's Own, Nelson, last week, by Mr. Miller, of Ilawkes Bay. Tie Mail states that in the course of his exhibition Mr. Miller discovered that there was a stream of running water beneath the south-western portion of the green. He did this 'by means of fencing-wire. Taking a stout piece of wire, he bent it in *. half-circle, and then approached the spot beneath wliieh the water was running. When he got above the water the wire took charge of the demonstrator, and after a lively few seconds Mr. Miller got away from the watery zone, when it was seen that the wire had beut itself tightly round each of liis arms, and in a way that wouli have taken a strong man a considerable time to do. The presence of water was also demonstrated by Mr. Miller with tlw more familiar twig. Mr. A. J. Morton, senior inspector to th£ Taranaki Education District, during his address on "Co-operation in Education'' 011 Monday night, stated that Taranaki was fortunate in having school committees that took an interest in the environment of the school. To realise this one only had to go round and see tho work done in beautifying the schools. This was not only educative in effect, but tended to make the people of the district proud of their school on account of its appearance, as well aa its successes in other ways. He was pleased to see how much co-operation there was between the teachers and commutes, the amount of work done by the committees, and how the teachers entered into tho life of the community and were one with it. During his year and a half in the district there were few, if any, complaints between teachers and committees that had reached the board. At Monday's meeting of the Taranaki County Council a letter was received from Mr. John Hunt, Tataraimaka, drawing attpntion to the blackberry on the main road in front of his farm. He had been in the district six months and had had his blackberries mowed twice, but saw that his neighbors had nevci touched theirs. "Now," ho added, "I am a Canterbury man, have been both on the Road Board and County Council, and I think it is a disgrace both to the farmers and Council to allow the roads to get in such a state, and unfair to the farmer who keeps his part of the road in order. Ho simply pays for cutting the man's blackberry who is lazy and neglectful—for the road men have to cut thein before he can get on with his work and that means a higher rate. You have the same laws and protection hero as we had in Canterbury, and should dp the same as we did. If you cannot get men, put on the roadmen a few days here and there and charge farmers for the same, and the roads will soon be cleared." A Councillor said that (lie Egmont County had taken action in the matter. Cr. Morton stated that the Council could not legally do this unless the noxious weeds were an obstruction. The chairman remarked that the matter had been referred to the Inspector of Noj.ious Weeds, and it was resolved t» reply to this effect. The Melbourne, Limited, supply the cheapest and best working shirts in the Dominion. These prices tell the story. Navy "Advance" drill shirts, 5s (id; famous "SjS.S." drill shirts, atriped and plain navy, 5s lid; (lax shirts, 3s fid; fine Harvard shirts, 4 s (id; best quality Oxford shirts, 4s lid; blue grandriil ' shirts,_ 3s lid, 4.8 lid, 5s lid; white tennis shirts, 3s fid; striped neglige shirts | 4s 6d. Special attention is directed to the fact that on Friday Moroy's will open their "Special Item" sale. This event will continue for eight days only, and will mean money saved. See the special announcement in this paper—it puts tho facts forcibly. The Melbourne, Ltd., have a very fair supply of children's and girls' tail and black three-quarter all-waal cashmere hose, famous "Jason" make, at the following prices: Size 3, Is !><*; size 4, ]g 'IM; size 5, 2s Id; size 0, 2s 3d; size 7. 2s Od; size 8, 2s 7d; size 9, 2s 9d; size 10, -2s lid. All guaranteed unshrinkable. A BOY'S ESSAY. " lea prevents women, including grandmothers .and sisters from dying. You get it either from Ceylon, off a tree, or from next door, out of a packet labelled ARCADIA. If your grocer doesn't stock Hayward's MILITARY or FLAG BRAND PICKLES he is not giving you the best for your money or table. Insist on these favorite Dominion appetisers. All leading grocers. CLINCHER CROSS TYRES tho motorist's delight. Users on Dominion roads liave PROVED them the best longdistance tyre obtainable. Buy service by insisting on Clincher Cross. Leading garagefc

| We haw received from Dip British Empire Trading Co., Ltd., a set of the "Three Castles" war zone sectional maps | which it is. presenting' in cunnection with a scheme now beii>« advertised in the News. The maps are instructive and helpful and worth securing. A I'aranaki .soldier at the front records an interesting experience. He was in liospital in England and attended by a particularly charming nurse, to whom he became quite attached. He returned to I'iance, and from there iie wrote to the nurse in terms of endearment, following up later by a direct offer of marriage. He received 110 reply. Ho could not understand, for the nurse was ever courteous and considerate, and had always, as he termed it, given him "a gooi hearing." A month or two passed, and then one fine day he got a small tin box, containing a piece of wedwilli a paper giving an account of the marriage of his euamorata. She wag 110 other than a daughte? of one of England's prominent peers, *nd she had married a belted earl who held a high position in the army. The T- ranaki boy understood and now-laughs.